Jacob Soboroff

I'm executive director of Why Tuesday?, a non-partisan group working to increase voter participation. In addition to vlogging about our voting system for Why Tuesday?, I contribute video blogs to NPR Sunday Soapbox, the blog from NPR Weekend Edition, and was a contributor to the PBS series Wired Science. I got my MA in political and theory and philosophy from NYU. You can also find me on Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and of course, via e-mail.

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Aug 14

Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman

Last week at Why Tuesday? we submitted a video question via YouTube’s YouChoose08 to Senator Norm Coleman and Al Franken, who are up against each other for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. We wanted to know what they would do to increase American voter participation. Well, they responded!

Summary: Franken likes the idea of weekend voting, Coleman doesn’t.

Click here to watch Sen. Coleman’s full response.

Click here to watch Al Franken’s full response.

If you’re curious, Franken says hi to my mom in the video because in our original video question, I mention my mom is a native Minnesotan.

Aug 2

Race & Politics on NPR

With Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as the first African-American presidential candidate, the issue of race will undoubtedly play a role in the way many voters view the election.

To kick off Weekend Edition Sunday’s ongoing series about race and politics, host Liane Hansen spoke with two listeners, Greg Harden of Rochester, N.Y., and Trish Callahan of Portland, Maine. At the same time, I hit the streets of Los Angeles to let folks sound off about race and politics. Check out the video.

Jul 29

I was interviewed recently by Lindsay Campbell for CBS Interactive’s MobLogic.tv about Why Tuesday? and the work we do. Check out the video.

Meeting Iron Man last weekend at Comic Con in San Diego.

Jul 19

Today for Why Tuesday? I talked with Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi in Austin, Texas at the Netroots Nation conference about the idea of voting on weekends. Check out the video.

Jul 13

NPR: Why Tuesday?

This month, Weekend Edition Sunday is exploring what it means to be an American by way of American history. I contributed an essay about why we vote on Tuesday for today’s program, and this is the blog post which goes along with my essay.

Jul 7

My friends at MobLogic were at the Personal Democracy Forum with us last week in New York. Lindsay Campbell asked attendees what they wanted to declare independence from — myself included. After the conference I spent a morning over at the MobLogic HQ to talk more about the state of America’s voting system. Stay tuned to Why Tuesday? for that.

Jul 2

Greetings from Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

Jun 28

Looking at the Future of 'E-Politics'

NPR Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen and senior producer Davar Iran Ardalan put together this story based on the time we spent this week at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York. Click the link to listen and to watch some video I shot while there.

Jun 24

Sitting in the Allen Room panel discussion called Mastering the New World of Online Political Video. Steve Grove of YouTube and the Why Tuesday? advisory board is moderating. NewsBusters, Brave New Films and TPM TV are the panelists. I’m speaking in the Idea Market during the next session.

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